Man Held For Desertion Moved To Jail In Detroit

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September 12, 1997

LEESBURG — A 35-year-old Leesburg man accused of deserting the Army has been transferred to an Army facility in Detroit, Lake County authorities said Thursday.

Jon Eric Gelb, 35608 Cypress Haven Way, had been held in the Lake County Jail on a federal charge of felony desertion after Leesburg police arrested him at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at a home on Bordeaux Drive.

Gelb enlisted in the U.S. Army on Sept. 17, 1996. He was a signal support systems specialist stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga., when he deserted on Feb. 21, authorities said.